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Former Boston Investment Banker Imparts Values, Ethics in Maine Businesses.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, April, 2004
By Edward D. Murphy, Portland Press Herald, Maine Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Apr. 27--For a decade, Robert Cooper worked as a top-flight investment banker in Boston, filling his bank account with a big salary and bonuses -- and feeling empty inside.
"I did investment banking, chasing the dollar, that was my sole goal," Cooper said, "and I was completely miserable."
A sign next to the New Life Church in Biddeford that referred to a series of sermons on forgiveness changed his focus. He attended, and the message led Cooper to realize that he needed to recapture a set of values and change his career to be happy.
Cooper has since founded CLIMB, which stands for Christian Leaders in Maine Business, to try to help others...
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